Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20231106
From: ajt@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Tue,  7 Nov 2023 12:46:07 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Monday, November 06, 2023
PROG  PI ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)
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WY01  M.Moe             M.Moe
OU02  A.Moss            A.Moss
                         ON-SKY
PROG  INSTRUMENT     START   FINISH
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WY01  ECHELLE        17:32   00:04
OU02  KOSMOS         00:10   05:13
   PROG       SCHEDULED      WEATH     EQUIP     OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DTN  START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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WY01/R      17:17  00:10    0    0    0    0   6.9  0.0   0    0
OU02/R      00:10  06:18    0    0    0    0   0.8  5.3   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: A.Townsend
NICFPS unhappy at checkout with 'nicfps is not connected' errors. I had to restart the ics before it came back.
ARCSAT was also unhappy at the start of the night, the observer couldn't see any filters, and though they were visible in Maxim, it would only take biases when commanded to take exposures. I restarted things and got errors about initializing Filter Wheel 2. With Jack's help we realized that although Camera 2 was disconnected, it was still looking for the 2nd filter wheel, and once we told it not to do that, it was fine.
We finished up at twilight.
We had a clear night with decent seeing! No telescope errors.
                    ------- FAILURE LOG -------
              FAILURE MODE     TIME
PROG   INSTR     TI/SHU    START  FINISH  DESCRIPTION
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            ---------------- FOCUS LOG ---------------
Time  Instrument  Focus     Az  El  Temp Strc Prim  Sec  Air  filt  FWHM
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 18:37 ecamera    461(  365)   4  48  12.2 12.7 12.8 12.1 12.1   ND4  1.03
 20:37 ecamera    409(  232) 270  69  11.3 11.2 11.8 11.2 11.2   Clear  1.16
 22:37 ecamera    433(  241) -60  41  10.7 10.5 11.0 10.5 10.7   Clear  1.31
 01:15 kosmos   288( 1111) -33  60  10.5 10.1 10.7 10.1 10.3   --  1.06
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    56    28     16   281    (W)    499    clear     none
     17:00    54    28     16   259    (W)    627    clear     none
     18:00    53    28     14   263    (W)    623    clear     none
     19:00    53    28     15   265    (W)    753    clear     none
     20:00    52    27     15   266    (W)    723    clear     none
     21:00    52    27     19   292  (WNW)    616    clear     none
     22:00    51    28     11   282  (WNW)    535    clear     none
     23:00    51    25     17   273    (W)    576    clear     none
     00:00    51    20     19   295  (WNW)    472    clear     none
     01:00    51    21     17   288  (WNW)    427    clear     none
     02:00    50    21     20   276    (W)    371    clear     none
     03:00    50    22     24   303  (WNW)    302    clear     none
     04:00    49    22     16   287  (WNW)    350    clear     none
     05:00    48    21     15   271    (W)    264    clear     none
     Note: the wind was coming from the azimuth listed.
     The convention used is north=0 degrees, east=90 degrees.
     The dust count is particles > 1u per 0.1 cubic feet.
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